Your June Permanent Wealth Report
Email # 5
**Your June Permanent Wealth Report
I’ve been hard at work the last few days writing the premiere issue of our Permanent Wealth Report newsletter.
Just click on the link below, and you can read my latest market commentary along with a comprehensive Portfolio Review of all of our Alpha Bulldogs. I’ve also [...]
The Permanent Wealth Investor Portfolio
Stock
Buy price
STOP
price
Next
Div.
Ex. date
Current price
Divs. Rec’d
Return %
Remarks
Alpha Bulldogs
CALM
25.35
19.01
N/A
7/27
24.84
0.432
-0.3%
Pays 1/3 of earnings
NI
10.62
7.96
N/A
7/28
11.17
0.23
7.3%
Decent first quarter
PAC
20.69
15.52
1.07
5/20
21.95
N/A
6.1%
Impacted by swine flu
STD
8.66
6.49
N/A
7/28
9.80
0.33
17.0%
Great first quarter
TKG
47.98
35.98
7.94
5/25
55.12
N/A
14.9%
You’ll get cash for Vodacom shs. too
ZNT
26.86
20.14
N/A
7/28
23.07
0.50
-12.2%
Tough first quarter
FLY
5.62
4.22
N/A
7/28
7.38
0.20
34.9%
GREAT first quarter
Stage 3 Investments
SPL XJ-E
25.00
None
N/A
N/A
18.30
N/A
-26.8%
Hedges against market decline
TBT
50.11
40.09
N/A
N/A
50.78
N/A
+1.3%
Hedges against interest rate rise
Return: Price change plus dividends received since purchase (un-compounded)
The Geiger says it’s time to go after one of the China’s premier companies
Email – #35
**The Geiger says it’s time to go after one of the China’s premier companies
One of the great things about the Geiger is that it continually screens information about thousands of stocks in real time. That not only takes care of the hours of screen time that would otherwise be required, [...]
General Steel releases earnings and we’ve already doubled our money
Email – #185
**General Steel releases earnings and we’ve already doubled our money
**MPEL rides the strength of the gaming sector
**Next year’s trip is already on the drawing boards!
Last week General Steel (GSI) released earnings for Q1 2009. As we had expected, investment in two, modern blast furnaces at their Longmen Joint Venture [...]
MARVELous opportunity
Email – #33
**MARVELous opportunity
I’m not a big movie buff myself, but I do follow the industry. It’s been undergoing some difficult changes, and film financing has fallen off a cliff. However, in spite of seemingly hard times, box office receipts are up and a handful of movies are breaking records.
There’s a common [...]
Your May 21st Conference Call Phone Number and Passcode
Email – #30
Your May 21st Conference Call Phone Number and Passcode
It’s just about time for our next conference call! Here are all the details you’ll need to know to join in on the call.
Our call will begin at 4pm EST next Thursday, May 21. On the call, I’ll give you all [...]
We are still in neutral, awaiting further developments
Email #268
**We are still in neutral, awaiting further developments
Yes, we have seen a plethora of economic “green shoots” in the economy. This seems to be the phrase of the moment. I saw Larry Kudlow, the eternal patriot and defender of free markets, introduce the concept months ago into the financial press [...]
Time to get careful
Email # 4
**Time to get careful
I love what last week’s market did to our portfolio, but I’m less happy about the investment opportunities going forward. At these levels, there are fewer Alpha Bulldogs around than a month ago. However, I have found one for this week that has excellent Alpha Bulldog qualities, [...]
Enter protective stops on MPEL and YGE
Email – #184
**Enter protective stops on MPEL and YGE
The recent rally that has been giving us such nice returns on our New China Trader positions may be running out of steam, as the reality of existing economic pressure in the U.S. appears to be having an effect on the global markets.
With that [...]
Raise stops on EWZ and TBT
**Raise stops on EWZ and TBT
Recent market conditions have treated our iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ) and UltraShort Lehman Treasury 20+ Treasury ProShares (TBT) to some solid gains. Because of that, we are going to move our protective stops up on both of these positions.
Raise the protective stop on EWZ to $40.74.
Raise [...]
